Secondary Social Science Methods I

Catalog description

This is the first of a multi-course series for Single Subject Social Science credential candidates to develop professional, reflective practices and abilities for teaching in single subject classrooms, especially in secondary schools. In this course, we’ll develop multilayered answers to 3 relatively simple questions: What are you going to teach? How are you going to teach it? And, why are you going to teach it? To do this, we’ll explore current and seminal theories, discuss subject matter pedagogy, analyze standards, and develop an understanding of the backwards planning process. Throughout, candidates will be tasked to keep all learners’ personal, academic, and community assets at the forefront of their thinking and to also consider their own identity and beliefs.